Charles Soludo comes to the rescue of 1990s Nigerian Tennis star, Tanya Okpala after she was found loitering on streets of Akwa (video)

Anambra state governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has announced the rescue of Tanya Okpala, a former Nigerian professional tennis player, who was found roaming the streets aimlessly.

Tanya Okpala was captured in a viral video on social media by a good Samaritan on the streets of Akwa. She was mentally unstable and wandering the streets of as at when she was seen.

Tanya Okpala and her sister Katya Okpala both represented Nigeria in tennis in the 1990s. The Okpalas are of mixed race, with a mother from Belarus and a father of Igbo extraction.

During a conversation with the unidentified man in the video, the tennis star, seemingly nursing a wound on her left leg, stated that she is a former lawn tennis player who has been abandoned. She said she has been labelled a prostitute by people in the area and has been asked to return to her country but considers herself an Igbo lady.

She, however, appealed for help saying that she is planning to return to her village the next day to care for her daughter.

Taking to Twitter, Soludo said she is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government.

The Governor stated, “Tanya Okpala is now in the custody of the Anambra State Government. She was with the Commissioner for Women Affairs when my wife spoke with her on the phone.”

Soludo further assured that he has directed the immediate rehabilitation and reintegration of Okpala with her family. “My government will ensure her rehabilitation and fruitful reunion with her daughter and family,”